Midcareer Faculty Advancement Program (MFAP) (3-year pilot)
The Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity, College of the Liberal Arts, and the African Research Center have partnered to pilot a Midcareer Faculty Advancement Program (MFAP). The pilot MFAP is intended to be a resource for associate professors who are committed to progress toward application to full professor. It will primarily serve humanities and social science associate professors who identify as African American, Latinx, American Indian, Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and/or have a demonstrated service commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education at Penn State. The program is an opportunity to (1) acknowledge the extraordinary levels of service and other workplace and work/life balance circumstances that often present to midcareer faculty members and (2) facilitate the ability of associate faculty members to more swiftly move through midcareer challenges.
At this time, the program has appointed its inaugural 2020–2023 Faculty Fellows. The pilot launched this academic year, will end in spring 2023 and provide a basis for the development of a broader program of career advancement support for faculty at Penn State.
Contact the Senior Faculty Mentors, seniorfacultymtr@psu.edu for more information.
